New to CC, how to drive comfortably?

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So far I have tried behind the hip, hip and appendix and the all suck while driving. I'm right handed and the gun hits the console and digs in. I'm carrying a 92 compact. Will going smaller help?

I'm carrying the 92 in a Wilson Combat low profile OWB holster.
 
I like an ankle holster while driving or tuck the gun between the driver's seat and the console.
 
You may want to try a smaller gun. I carry a G26 on my right hip at about 4 o'clock, and haven't had any problems with several long trips from Michigan to Florida and back.

I am also carrying IWB using a hybrid holster and a very good gun belt. What holster are you using?
 
Besides the comfort when siting, one also must consider accessibility. If you can't reach it or draw it, when sitting in the car, it ain't gonna do you much good. As I said before, I sometimes tuck the gun between the drivers seat and the console using a cheap pocket type holster to protect it and keep it in place. Easy to access and legal.....at least in my state.
 
F-111 John said:
You may want to try a smaller gun. I carry a G26 on my right hip at about 4 o'clock, and haven't had any problems with several long trips from Michigan to Florida and back.

I am also carrying IWB using a hybrid holster and a very good gun belt. What holster are you using?
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WC low profile OWB.
 
I use 2 guns.

I have a Robrbaugh R9 in my pocket and I have a SAR B6P in a Gum Creek holster mounted just to the right of the steering wheel.
 
I think that with a massive gun like the Beretta 92, one has no choice but a shoulder system. A large belly pack works too (e.g. an old PacSafe 100), although the largest gun I carried in it was Glock 30, which is still noticeably shorter than the Beretta. Belly pack conceals such a big gun better (unless you're super barrel chested), but keep in mind that it's going to hit you in the balls when you run. Also, it's a massive faux pas to wear a belly pack with a suit, so if you have to do that, it can't be used.
 
Like F-111 John, I carry a G26 at 4 o'clock. It's OK driving around town, but it starts to bother me on real road trips where I'm driving all morning or afternoon - possibly because I have a small Subaru wagon that's not real comfortable on long trips anyway. That's the reason I've decided to get a G42 380 for appendix carry once I scrape the $$$ together. I've already convinced myself that I'm going to like it so much that it's going to replace the G26 except when I'm hiking/camping/fishing.
 
While driving I place my Colt .380 in the center console. There is no need having it under a seat belt where it is hard to access. Having your pistol on your ankle requires the talents of a circus contortionist to draw while seated behind the wheel. :eek:
 
I carry a Glock 17 all day 3:30-4:00 IWB and drive a lot. I just drove from Nashville to Gulf Shores twice in the last 2 months with it and had no problem. I use a hybrid holster with a foreword cant and adjust it foreword once I'm buckled up and it rides good and I can access it easily.
 
Good grief. I still cannot understand folks who complain they're not comfortable while driving and packing a full-size pistol. I easily drive around all-day long with a full size pistol on my hip at 3:00 and it isn't an issue. You guys just have to try this stuff long enough to get used to it. As Obama said today to Trump, "Quit whining."

Or actually ... upon further review: are some of y'all who are complaining so obese or otherwise possessed of love-handles substantial enough to dig into your handgun? Three choices then, as I see it: Use a shoulder rig; carry crossdraw, or lose some weight. "Go to a smaller gun?" C'mon, now, really? Go to a bigger vehicle, maybe -- trade that Prius in for a used Tahoe.
 
Old Dog said:
Good grief. I still cannot understand folks who complain they're not comfortable while driving and packing a full-size pistol. I easily drive around all-day long with a full size pistol on my hip at 3:00 and it isn't an issue. You guys just have to try this stuff long enough to get used to it. As Obama said today to Trump, "Quit whining."

Or actually ... upon further review: are some of y'all who are complaining so obese or otherwise possessed of love-handles substantial enough to dig into your handgun? Three choices then, as I see it: Use a shoulder rig; carry crossdraw, or lose some weight. "Go to a smaller gun?" C'mon, now, really? Go to a bigger vehicle, maybe -- trade that Prius in for a used Tahoe.
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First off, I clearly said I carry a 92 COMPACT, there I went ahead and capitalized it for you. Second....ah...thanks for the advice.
 
bullseye308 said:
I carry a Glock 17 all day 3:30-4:00 IWB and drive a lot. I just drove from Nashville to Gulf Shores twice in the last 2 months with it and had no problem. I use a hybrid holster with a foreword cant and adjust it foreword once I'm buckled up and it rides good and I can access it easily.
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The low profile doesn't have a cant but I'll pick up a cheap one that does and see if it helps. If so, then I'll invest in a better one.
 
eazyrider said:
First off, I clearly said I carry a 92 COMPACT, there I went ahead and capitalized it for you. Second....ah...thanks for the advice.
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Look, dude, no offense intended, but there are millions of us out there that comfortably carry full size sidearms while driving. Thanks for clarifying that you're carrying a compact. Best of luck to you in your future concealed carry endeavors. Didn't mean to offend you.
 
Old Dog said:
Look, dude, no offense intended, but there are millions of us out there that comfortably carry full size sidearms while driving. Thanks for clarifying that you're carrying a compact. Best of luck to you in your future concealed carry endeavors. Didn't mean to offend you.
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No offense taken, I was just helping you read a bit better is all.
 
Here are the proper steps to ensuring a comfortable ride with your gun:

1. Make sure the vehicle you drive doesn't have bucket seats. (If it does get rid of it and get a nice truck with a bench seat. If you must have a car, Buicks are pretty comfortable with large guns).

2. OWB carry is always more comfortable than IWB.


3. A holster with a slight forward cant is more comfortable.


I carry a Glock 19 most of the time and haven't had a problem. I carry mine in a kydex paddle holster by Safariland.
 
sig p238 in a pocket holster tucked under and on the inside of my left leg.
 
eazyrider said:
No offense taken, I was just helping you read a bit better is all.
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Um, well ... I think I read just fine, thanks, for the help, though. Assuming you're talking about a Beretta 92C, that's pretty much a full-size pistol anyway you slice it. My point was, and is, that anyone not possessed of some type of extreme dimensions should easily be able to comfortably carry a handgun of any appreciable size, to include what some makers may call a "compact" or others term a "full size." It's just not that tough. As noted by some others, dependent on bodily features, a forward canted holster may prove more comfortable, and IWB is not always the most comfortable. But to quote the immortal words of the legendary Clint Smith, "Carrying a handgun is meant to be comforting, not comfortable." (Or words to that effect ... But some of us carry firearms twelve to eighteen hours a day, seven days a week, and don't seem to encounter the difficulties others bring up on the internet.)
 
Old Dog said:
Um, well ... I think I read just fine, thanks, for the help, though. Assuming you're talking about a Beretta 92C, that's pretty much a full-size pistol anyway you slice it. My point was, and is, that anyone not possessed of some type of extreme dimensions should easily be able to comfortably carry a handgun of any appreciable size, to include what some makers may call a "compact" or others term a "full size." It's just not that tough. As noted by some others, dependent on bodily features, a forward canted holster may prove more comfortable, and IWB is not always the most comfortable. But to quote the immortal words of the legendary Clint Smith, "Carrying a handgun is meant to be comforting, not comfortable." (Or words to that effect ... But some of us carry firearms twelve to eighteen hours a day, seven days a week, and don't seem to encounter the difficulties others bring up on the internet.)
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Well, if the cosmic forces had conspired to give you and I the same body, choice of gun, holster and vehicle then I suppose we would be on the same page but it appears those forces have worked against us in this case. Hence the call for advice. Which you provided....in your way.
 
I'm left-handed, so that may help. Never had an issue when I jockeyed a blue-and-white with full-sized sidearms, but I don't know how many of the RH-ed guys did, if any. All of our cruisers had bucket seats. I do remember one older sarge that, back in wheelgun days, had a holster/gun combo that rode low enough that the hammer of his revolver once ended up cocked as he slid out of the seat; it was noticed in a convenience store by a customer in my presence, requiring a discreet de-cock.

I carry a PF9 in an IWB holster, but it's worn between the belt and pants, not inside the actual waistband. It's actually quite comfortable, as well as comforting. I've also carried bigger, including a Ruger P-95 and a Ruger Service Six 4-inch, without any real issues.

So, yes, going smaller will likely help.
 
I've always carried OWB, about 3:00. I've never had any problem with the gun, no matter what gun, car or seatbelt I was using. Never even think about it to tell you the truth.

And I'm a fat old man, and I drive a Kia Soul nowadays.
 
I carry a full-size M1911 (for the last 20 years, a Kimber Custom Classic) in a tuckable IWB of my own design. The only thing I do when getting in the car is slightly shift the gun and holster so the gun is accessable with the seatbelt fastened.
 
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